Grantham (UK Parliament constituency)
Grantham was a Parliamentary constituency in Lincolnshire, England.
The constituency was created in 1468 as a parliamentary borough which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of England until the union with Scotland, and then to the Parliament of Great Britain until the Act of Union 1800 established the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The parliamentary borough had its representation reduced to one MP in 1885, and was finally abolished in 1918, the name transferring to a new county division which elected one MP. The county constituency was abolished for the 1997 election, and the area formerly covered by this constituency is now mostly in Sleaford and North Hykeham. Grantham became part of the new constituency of Grantham and Stamford.
Boundaries
The constituency was based on Grantham, a market town on the River Witham.Members of Parliament
MPs 1468–1640
| Year | First member | Second member |
| 1491 | John Mordaunt | - |
| 1510–1523 | No names known | - |
| 1529 | William Hussey | Francis Hall |
| 1536 | ? | - |
| 1539 | ? | - |
| 1542 | ? | - |
| 1545 | Sir Edward Warner | Edmund Hall |
| 1547 | Sir Edward Warner | Edmund Hall |
| 1553 | Sir Edward Warner | Thomas Hussey |
| 1553 | Sir Edward Warner | James Wallis |
| 1554 | Thomas Hussey | Richard Disney |
| 1554 | Roger Johnson | Richard Sharpe |
| 1555 | George Williams | William Porter |
| 1558 | Henry Savile | Anthony Thorold |
| 1559 | Thomas Randolph | William More |
| 1562/3 | Roger Manners | William Cooke |
| 1571 | William Killigrew | Arthur Hall |
| 1572 | John Vaughan | Arthur Hall |
| 1584 | Arthur Hall | William Thorold |
| 1586 | Sir Henry Bagenall, sat for Anglesey, repl. by William Ashby | Robert Markham |
| 1588/9 | Richard More | William Armyn |
| 1593 | Thomas Horsman | Francis Neale |
| 1597 | Thomas Horsman | Francis Neale |
| 1601 | Oliver Manners | Thomas Horsman |
| 1604 | Sir George Manners | Sir Thomas Horsman |
| 1614 | Sir George Reynell | Richard Tufton |
| 1621 | Sir William Armyne | Sir Clement Cotterell |
| 1624 | Sir George Manners | Sir Clement Cotterell |
| 1625 | Sir George Manners | Sir William Airmine |
| 1626 | John Wingfield | Edward Stirmin |
| 1628–1629 | Thomas Hatcher | Alexander Moor |
MPs 1640–1885
MPs 1885–1997
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Welby resigned in order to contest the 1868 by-election in South Lincolnshire, causing a by-election.Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Mellor was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1914/15:Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Ernest Bennett
- Unionist: Herbert Guy Snowden
Elections in the 1920s
Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1939/40:Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Conservative: Victor Warrender
- Labour: Montague William Moore
Elections in the 1940s